Although the summer season is waning and colorful autumn leaves aren't far behind, activity continues on Saugatuck Shores throughout the year.

This vibrant waterfront community, yet only minutes from the Saugatuck train station, offers residents of the Colonial house at 92 Harbor Road a chance to take in panoramic water views of Long Island Sound from almost every room and a couple of balconies. The house is just across the street from the water. The home's own private beach and a deeded private dock are only steps away.

The lot itself is small, as are most along the shore, but at 0.13 acre it is large enough for flower beds and professional landscaping, an outdoor wood-burning fieldstone fireplace, and in addition to the attached under-house one-car garage, there is a paved driveway that can accommodate four cars comfortably. The landscaping includes tall hedges, which combine with fencing to provide a private setting.

Adding to the privacy is the fact that this house sits on a corner lot on two sides. On one side is Canal Road and on the other is Swallow Lane. Diagonally across the street from this house on the Harbor-Canal side is the entrance to Saugatuck Island.

Built in 2004, the house survived Superstorm Sandy in 2012 with no structural damage, but because of its proximity to the water, the house was raised last spring to meet the standards of the Federal Emergency Management Administration.

It has 2,240 square feet of living space on three levels. The first floor contains the living room -- which has a gas fireplace, dining room and a recently renovated chef's kitchen with Viking appliances. Two fluted columns are the only separation between the living and dining rooms. To have walls would be to obstruct the water views. Dentil molding decorates the crown molding and the fireplace mantle.

As with the rest of the house, the kitchen has a hardwood floor. It also features a marble counter, a patterned marble backsplash, including a compass rose over the Viking Professional four-burner range, pantry, vaulted ceiling and an eat-in area with sliding doors to a small deck and access to the backyard.

On the opposite side of the kitchen are a laundry room, half bath and access to the garage.

The home is deceptively large and contains much more space than immediately seems to meet the eye. This is especially true on the second floor, which has three bedrooms and a good-size open space that could be used as a sitting room or homework area, even though that water view might be distracting. There is a sliding door from this flexible-use room to a large wood balcony/deck that has two sections. One is a wide-open deck, and then there is a smaller balcony over the front covered entrance to the house.

The master bedroom has a walk-in closet and its own bath with a black-and-white marble floor in a basket-weave and an attractive black marble patterned border. There is also a heated towel rack.

The finished walk-up attic has a full bath and skylight, and provides the opportunity for a guest room, art studio or office. There is also a small sitting area with an arched door that leads to another balcony/deck on the front of the house, a perfect place to sit, relax and listen to the waves lap the shore.

There will be an open house at the property from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7.

For more information about purchasing or renting the house, or to set up an appointment to see it, contact Lisa Hartmann of William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty at 203-858-9126 or email her at lhartmann@wpsir.com.